[MHml] Cat Rudders Toed In?

Martin Schöön martin.schoon at gmail.com
Mon Sep 4 05:46:33 EST 2006


On 9/3/06, Catfish2 <catfish2 at cahoyt.com> wrote:
>
>
> Here is a great, quick explanation on "Ackerman steering," applied to autos
> (a catamaran of sorts, if one considers front wheels rudders, rear wheels
> daggerboards).
>
> http://www.rctek.com/handling/ackerman_steering_principle.html#true
>
> Comment regarding applying for multihulls- use pivot point somewhere around
> daggerboard, allow for aprox slip?  I would guess would move the x-over
> point forward.
>
You can start here: http://hem.bredband.net/b262106/Boat/acker.html
Study the linked in documents.

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